THE NE.,W YORKER This time, Anderson answered "I could do with a place in Texas near a creek," he said. "I'd like to raise horses and some cattle." Before the session was over, Reed himself came under attack. This oc- curred when he was challenged to reconcile his anti-war views with work- ing for United Metals, a firn1 that was filling war contracts. The question made Reed ill at ease, and his answer, given defensively, left most of his lis- teners dissatisfied. He said, "I'd rather my company dIdn't have those con- tracts, but sometimes you have to neu- tralize your integrity. I want a career, which maybe some of you guys don't, and I can't see myself tellIng ill) boss, ' I ' f . L ' let s orget our competItors. et s not make missiles, just pots and pans.' Be- sides, I don't sign contracts. 1'111 low man at my firm. I find parking space f . " or senIor execs. The others in the room-at least those who had jobs-didn't have Reed's prohlem. Anderson worked on a horse farm near the tip of Long Island. A veteran whose face was harely visible for his hair was a bookkeeper at a large discount estahlishment. An ex-Navy man was awaiting appointment hy the Federal Aviation Administration as a sky Inarshal-a job that he character- i7ed as "a symptom of our paranoid so- ciety." A Puerto Rican who identifielÌ hilnself only as ] uan had a job deliver- ing lnilk at night; it was quiet work, he said, for which he was thankful. ] uan was at his fi rst rap session, and he was glad to he there. "I've heen talking about Vietnam for three yedrs, mostly to deaf people," he said. He had bLen a par ltrooper, and everyone in his 0] iginal cOlnpany had been killed or wounded. One casualty in particular stood out in his lnind, and, unburdening hitrself, he told the group about a buddy cal1ed '1'ol111ny, who had saveò his ]jfl' while they were on '1 night patrol. 1"he fol- lowing week, when Juan was .::lsleep in a foxhole, a rat had nibbled at one of his ears, and he had been sent to a rear area for a plague shot. \;Vhile he was gone, T omlny had been killed by \Tiet- congo Back with his unit, Juan had fought wildly-"to lnake it up to 1"om- my," he said. He had finally been hit by a sniper. "I believe Iny lnind is all fouled up," he concluded Ifnlnedlately, One of the psychiatrists . f d ] } " . 1 . 1 " lnornle uan t 1at surVIva gUI t was a COlnmon consequence of all wars, particularly ones "whose purpose is poorly understood." Speaking less abstractly, others in the group assuled Juan that they had had silnilar expenences. One veteran told ] uan that he owed his life to a buddy E ELIE E C M E R ES I -i . 51 53 TY EWRITER UR SECRET RY ME. . Æ '.'t: þ ... ": , zt:t YlN'N.....^"^"' ,, . <i:> I',. J.. æ .." '.:::::;:./ ,.) , n) ^... '04:.:. Me; b TAB . ; N << $ Q W It' R T .. ]I ..f <. '..7 ... ,.. .- - } i "i. } ..., ...ø:. .... .1JI À ö K L rM '; >ß" , .... .. \:: f:V "j :".;. :: :: y U p "S.";;;' ">. AOS:;ÙFGH..,J ..... ,.: 7 :zx (; VaN M C: .-,;. ).. : ::::. )0 f ",,,:/:; .aof . . . . .., :!":> '- ";. Ask yourself. Just how much use would your secretary make of an expensive electric. Better still-ask her. No matter how hard she works, the answer will probably be-not too much. Because only a few jobs actually require an the exotic refinements that make an expensive electric expensive. Which means you could have a fevv hundred bucks tied up in a machine that's never used to its fun capacity. Before now, you never had any choice. If you wanted to electrify your secretary, it real1y cost you. Anything from $500 to $800 Then along came Hermes. With the low, lean, modern, Swiss-designed 10. An electric office typewriter inteIIigentIy planned to do all the useful things you expect an electric to do. But dispensing with the fancy frills that you don't need-and don't want to pay for. = .:m h So you get a space bar and 7 symbols that repeat auton1aticaIIy. Electric carriage return and tabulation control Margins visible at aII times with our exclusIve Flying Red Margins@. 10 clear carbons. 13" carriage. Faster action than any other typewriter in the world. And $299.50 is all you have to pay for it. But if you reaIIy need a machine that does more than the hasics, .we have a whole range of office typewriters, each with different capabilities to fit different needs. And at prices to suit different budgets. For a Hermes dealer where you can try out our typewriters (our calculators too, if your office can use them) I see the YeI1o\v Pages or write us. 1} you only want to buy a tyþewnter once, buy a 1-Iermes. HERMES Paillard Incorporated 1900 Lower Road, Linden, N.J. 07036 Other products: Hermes figunf6 '11achines. Hasselblad cameras and accessories, Bolex movie equipment. \Q III:I! ..-. HImIIS